Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 055305337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053371
- Seller
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Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Bantam, 1989. First printing of the first Aurelio Zen mystery, basis for the BBC series and winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award. Spine ends gently bumped with a couple of pages corner creased. Jacket lightly rubbed with a touch of wear at the edges, in new Brodart. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.
Synopsis
Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy's most powerful families.
Reviews
On Aug 17 2011, Daniel_Baumgartner said:
This book was complicated but fun, a sort of Borgia family saga, but I had a problem in the beginning trying to keep Italian names straight, like the spaghetti aisle at the grocery store, so I made a list of all parties! The Aurelio Zen series has been produced for PBS and Ratking and one other book in the series were liberally cribbed and totally plot changed. Once I got over the idea that the TV production bore little resemblance to the book, I enjoyed it for what it was. I hear Michael Dibdin is not loved in Italy his sometimes scathing portrayals of Italian political and police life, and justly so. But that isn't his fault!
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Details
- Bookseller
- MLC Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160425
- Title
- Ratking
- Author
- Dibdin, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 055305337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053371
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery/Suspense/Thriller;
Terms of Sale
MLC Books
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About the Seller
MLC Books
Biblio member since 2009
Northfield, Minnesota
About MLC Books
MLC Books has been selling online since 2006, with a heavy emphasis on vintage and collectible crime fiction, other fiction, and books related to Minnesota. A diverse general stock available as well.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Edges
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